Garnik Cholakyan

Garnik Cholakyan

Garnik Cholaqyan
Personal information
Nationality Armenia
Born (2001-12-21) 21 December 2001 (age 24)
Sport
CountryArmenia
SportWeightlifting
Event
–61 kg,
Medal record
Men's Weightlifting
Representing  Armenia
European Championships
Silver medal – second place 2026 Batumi 60 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2025 Chișinău 61 kg
Junior World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2022 Heraklion 55 kg
European U23 Championships
Gold medal – first place 2023 Bucharest 61 kg
Gold medal – first place 2024 Raszyn 61 kg
Gold medal – first place 2025 Durres 60 kg
Junior European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2021 Rovaniemi 55 kg

Garnik Cholakyan (born 21 December 2001), is an Armenian weightlifter, and a bronze medalist at the 2025 European Weightlifting Championships.[1]

Biography

Cholakyan has been competing in international weightlifting competitions since 2019. At the 2019 European Youth Championships, he became the champion in the 49 kg weight category with a total result of 192 kg.

In 2021, at the European Junior Championships, he won the 55 kg weight category with a total of 230 kg. In May 2022, he became the champion at the World Junior Championships in the 55 kg category with a total result of 240 kg. In 2024, he made his debut at the Senior World Championships, where he placed seventh in the 61 kg weight category with a result of 280 kg.

In April 2025, at the 2025 European Weightlifting Championships held in Chișinău, he won the bronze medal in the 61 kg category with a total result of 275 kg. He also earned a small silver medal in the snatch exercise (124 kg).[2][3]

Major results

Year Venue Weight Snatch (kg) Clean & Jerk (kg) Total Rank
1 2 3 Rank 1 2 3 Rank
World Championships
2024 Bahrain Manama, Bahrain 61 kg 120 125 130 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 150 155 155 7 280 7
2025 Norway Førde, Norway 60 kg 123 128 130 8 152 157 — 10 275 10
European Championships
2025 Moldova Chișinău, Moldova 61 kg 123 124 129 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 151 151 153 4 275 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
2026 Georgia (country) Batumi, Georgia 60 kg 120 124 124 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 145 150 156 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 274 2nd place, silver medalist(s)

References

  1. ^ "Garnik Cholakyan - bronze medalist of the European Weightlifting Championships". sportaran.com (in Russian). Retrieved 15 April 2025.
  2. ^ "2025 European Weightlifting Championships: results of the second day". sportaran.com (in Russian). Retrieved 15 April 2025.
  3. ^ Vikc, Serg (14 April 2025). "Angel Rusev, Ivan Dimov, and Garance Rigaud are the 2025 European weightlifting champions". Sport-liga News (in Russian). Retrieved 15 April 2025.

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